Managing all aspects of studies or study programmes allocated by the GM or SPM and to be responsible for ensuring control of allocated study budget.

Requirements:

Responsibilities include:

To participate in the preparation of clinical development plans
To manage clinical studies
To ensure that studies are performed and completed in accordance with the pre-defined budget, timelines and quality specifications
To participate in CRO evaluation and selection and be responsible for making selection recommendations to SPM/DGM
To coordinate the establishment of service provider contracts.
To ensure that a safety reporting system is in place and that safety reports are provided to the Safety Department in a time manner
To ensure that studies are conducted in accordance with EU GCP requirements and relevant company SOPs
To produce or co-ordinate the preparation of study protocols

My client, a global leading organisation within the pharmaceutical industry, is presently seeking a Senior CRA to work over in Berkshire.

My client is looking for candidates to perform trial initiation, monitoring and close out activities in Phase II-IV clinical research, managing study site activities to ensure clinical data integrity in line with company and regulatory guidelines, and providing clinical and technical support to other CRAs and administrative staff.

As Senior CRA you will provide clinical and technical support, conduct co-monitoring/training visits and assist with protocol review, CRF and informed consent development, plus study start up activities. Where required, you will be the primary client contact for project related activities, and also act as mentor for CRAs.

Requirements:

Reporting to project leader, you may assume the role of a Lead CRA on projects by providing direction to the project team, coordinating monitoring activities, developing CRFs and acting as liaison between monitoring and other functions.

Identify, select, initiate, and close-out appropriate investigational sites for clinical studies. Monitor those sites in order to ensure that studies are carried out according to the study protocol, SOPs/WPs, applicable regulations and the principles of ICH-GCP
Depending upon experience, become involved, when required, in other areas of study management and staff training and contribute to the review of systems and procedures as appropriate.
Provide a benchmark of monitoring competence to inexperienced/less experienced colleagues.
Provide a benchmark for acting according to company values and act as a positive promoter

Requirements:

JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES

Knowledgeable of Clinical Research SOPs/WPs, ICH-GCP and appropriate regulations.
Knowledgeable of clinical systems
Recruitment of investigators.
Independent and proactive co-ordination of all the necessary activities required to set up and monitor a study, including the following
- Identify investigators.
- Help, when requested, in preparation of Regulatory submissions.
- Design patient information sheets and consent forms.
- Co-ordinate documents translation, verification and back translations where required.
- Ensure timely submission of protocol/consent documents/safety reports for ethics/IRB approval according to local requirements.
- Placement and initiation visits.
- Conduct regular monitoring visits in accordance with site monitoring SOP/Sponsor site monitoring SOP, as appropriate
- Maintain all files and documentation pertaining to studies.
- Motivate investigators in order to achieve recruitment targets.
- Complete accurate study status reports.
- Ensure the correct storage of drugs and the diligent account of all drugs in accordance with SOPs.
- Keep the project manager regularly informed.
- Process case record forms to the required quality standards and timelines.
- Deal with Sponsor generated queries in a timely manner.
- Ensure the satisfactory close-out of investigator sites.
- Participate, if requested, in the preparation of and review of study documentation, e.g. draft protocols, draft CRFs, monitoring guidelines and elements of final report.
- Ensure correct archiving of files on completion of a study.
- Maintain patient and sponsor confidentiality.
- Assume additional responsibilities as directed by Associate Clinical Project Manager/Clinical Project Manager (CPM).
- Responsible for the conduct/management of any aspect(s) of a project, when requested and authorised by a CPM/Associate Clinical Project Manager.
- Co-ordinate and/or participate in feasibility studies for new proposals, as required.
Be cost effective.
Participate in mentoring and training new staff.
Assist with marketing the company if and when appropriate.

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Medical/science background and relevant experience.
Ability and willingness to travel at least 50% of the time (international and domestic fly and drive)
Ability to review and evaluate clinical data arising from aptitude and have the required level of experience in Clinical Research.
Computer literacy required.
Foreign language skills desirable.
Current full driving licence essential.
Good oral and written communication skills.